By Ben Kerrigan-
Mp Andrew Bridgen has apparently raised £100,000 towards a legal case he has lodged against the former health secretary Matt Hancock. The North West Leicestershire MP announced earlier this year that he is suing Mr Hancock for defamation.
Mr Bridgen said on social media that the claim will be served on Mr Hancock’s solicitors in the coming weeks”.
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The claim relates to the former health secretary’s response to the MP’s controversial tweet that Covid-19 vaccinations were the “biggest crime against humanity since the Holocaust”.
The Conservative Party expelled MP Andrew Bridgen in April after he compared Covid-19 vaccines to the Holocaust and was found to have breached lobbying rules.
Mr Hancock had reacted to Mr Bridgen’s views at the time by describing the MP’s views online as “disgusting, dangerous” and “anti-Semitic.”
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Mr Bridgen said he would be funding the legal case through donations., revealing since raised £99,000, and said he would donate any damages he wins from the defamation claim to support “the seriously vaccine injured and their ongoing fight for recognition”.
Mr Bridgen at the time said he intended to stand again at the next election.
He said at the time: “My expulsion from the Conservative Party under false pretences only confirms the culture of corruption, collusion and cover-ups which plagues our political system,” he said in a statement.
“I have been a vocal critic of the vaccine rollout and the party have been sure to make an example of me.
“I am grateful for my newfound freedom and will continue to fight for justice for all those harmed, injured and bereaved due to governmental incompetence.
“I will continue to serve my constituents as I was elected to do and intend to stand again at the next election.”
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